For nearly 50 years, researchers from the U.S. National Park System hadn’t found any new plants—but that changed with the ...

Biologists, using a technique that explores both genes and structural characteristics, have introduced 10 new species of marine sponge. Despite their distinction as one of Earth's oldest lifeforms and ...

This analysis was conceived by its author as a trilogy of commentaries in the wake of Decision 16/2 from the 16th Conference ...

Extraordinary wildlife destinations from around the world that you must add to your bucket list, including the Great Migration in the Serengeti, mountain gorillas in Rwanda and the Great Barrier Reef ...

An entirely new plant species, known as a "wooly devil," has been discovered in Big Bend National Park in Texas. This is the first new plant genus and species to have been discovered in a U.S.

Jonathan Armbruster, professor and curator of fishes in Auburn University's College of Sciences and Mathematics (COSAM), has ...

A volunteer at Texas’ Big Bend National Park spotted bright red blooms after rain in a remote stretch of desert, leading to ...

Owning exotic and rare animals as pets is a status symbol in India. This has led to a supply-chain spread across many ...

Global insect invasions are increasing, driven by advances in globalization and technology. This Review discusses the effects of increasing trade and transport on insect invasions worldwide, and ...

The Maryland Zoo is saddened to announce the passing of North, a northern ground hornbill (Bucorvus abyssinicus), at the age ...

The zoo has had some successes with the following animals that are classified as "threatened": the scimitar-horned oryx, the ...

However, after 10 years of increasing population numbers to around 2,000 adult individuals, the giant panda has now been removed from the endangered species list and is instead classed as vulnerable ...